Alex, Marshall, and Macon stomp around in the idea of The Powers in N.T. Wright’s new book Jesus and The Powers. Is it helpful? Does it add anything? How do we work with this idea?

Show Notes:

John Chrysostom

the 50 minute address mentioned: Alan Torrance - The Continuing Priesthood of Christ

Get Heavy Hands and Build Yourself a Great Body!

Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Lyrics Version

Metal cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart (hang on until the 2:30 mark for the breakdown)

How did this get made?

Dune 2

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Naaman & Elisha

Derek Webb - A New Law

Tom Petty - Won’t Back Down

The only cover of Won’t Back Down that is equal in excellence to the original.

The Waiting is the hardest part.

The podcast in question: Good Faith - The Unseen Spiritual Powers Shaping Our World

N.T. Wright is interviewed about his new book Jesus and The Powers

How do you say Recidivism?

Manichaeism

The Present Darkness by Frank Peretti

Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got

Rob Porras, Macon’s Youth Pastor, back in the early 1990s

Robert Conquest’s Third Law of Politics: “The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies”

Surprise Surprise Surprise

James Clerk Maxwell

Darwin’s Bulldog

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